ADMJ 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Only Time, 100 Feet, Lightning
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General principles: if a person is a proximate cause of a result, then they are an actual cause of the result. The issue of proximate cause comes up when there is an intervening force after the d"s voluntary act and before the social harm. A is driving at high rate of speed and collides with b, leaving b dead. A was driving fast b/c wife, c had made him mad. C was angered herself b/c of what she had seen on the. In short, there is not a single actual cause of harm. In criminal trial, we try to point finger at a particular person. To do this, we have to be able to say that of all the but-for causes, this particular person deserves to be the one held accountable. cause of harm. Proximate cause is when we pick out particular person and say that he/she is. We use proximate cause to obtain what we.
